Horowitz, Michael L., 1952-

Cathedrals of industry : exploring the factories and infrastructure that made America. / txt photographs by Michael L. Horowitz ; text by James P. Holtje ; foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz ; afterword by Stephen Wilkes. - First edition. - 279 p. : ill. ; photo. ; col. ; 32 cm. book

Foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz 6 --
Introduction 8 --
RAW MATERIALS
1 Klotz Throwing Company, Lonaconing, MD 13 --
CLOSED --
2 Deerskin Tannery, Upstate New York 29 --
OPERATIONAL--
3 Pulp Mill, Naponach, NY 35 --
CLOSED
4 Gain Elevators and Mills, Buffalo 41 --
SOME MILLS STILL ACTIVE --
5 Bethlehem Steel, Lackawanna, NY 67 --
CLOSED --
6 Bethlehem steel, Bethlehem, PA 81 --
CLOSED --
WORKSHOPS AND FACTORIES
7 M&S Schmalberg Silk flowers, Manhattan 91 --
OPERATIONAL --
8 Fearman Cash Register CO., Manhattan 103 --
CLOSED --
9 Brooklyn Seltzer Boys 107 --
OPERATIONAL --
10 Streit’s Lower East Side Matzo Facto 115 --
MOVED UPSTATE--
11 Joyva, Brooklyn 129 --
OPERATIONAL --
12 QRS Music, Buffalo 141 --
OPERATIONAL --
INFRASTRUCTURE
13 Colonel Ward Pumping Station, Buffalo 157 --
OPERATIONAL --
14 Buffalo Central Terminal 177 --
CLOSED --
15 Hoboken Terminal 187 --
OPERATIONAL --
16 IRT Substation, Manhattan 211 --
OPERATIONAL (REFITTED) --
17 Paterson Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant 221 --
OPERATIONAL (REFITTED) --
18C.R Huntley Generating Station, Tonawanda, NY 229 --
CLOSED --
19 Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane 239 --
CLOSED --
20 West Side Piers, Manhattan 261--
CLOSED --
Afterword by Stephen Wilkes 279 --


"Photographs of twenty abandoned and operational industrial sites"-- Provided by publisher

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Photography, Industrial.
Abandoned buildings--United States--Pictorial works.
Industrial buildings--United States--Pictorial works.
Industries--History--United States--Sources.
Photobooks
Photography, Artistic.
Photography, Industrial.
Pictorial Works
Art and photography.
Photography, Industrial.

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